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Expired Submissions — Process

A maintenance view for process or audit drafts that missed their period cut-off or were deleted by a user mistakenly. Use it to restore an employee’s work back to their Old Drafts or delete it permanently.

How to reach

  1. Reports → Process → Expired Submissions (tab).
  1. Pick a process from the list to open its expired drafts grid.
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When items appear here (rules)

  • Cut-off enforced (If Config of Responses after end timeis set to Rejected)
    • Drafts that were saved but not submitted before the end time move here automatically.
  • Late responses allowed (If Config of Responses after end timeis set to Accepted)
    • Nothing lands here due to allowed submissions even in cut-off period. Those drafts stay available to users under Old Drafts on their process page.
  • User deleted their own draft
Where this is set: The “Accept/Reject after end-time” toggle lives in Process/ Audit Properties → Responses After End-Time.

Page layout (per process)

  • Columns you’ll use
    • Submission Id / Submission By / Store / Submission Date
    • Progress – % completion of the draft at the moment it expired/was deleted.
    • Creation Date / Expiry Date
    • Discarded By
      • - → system moved it here because the period expired.
      • User name → the submitter deleted their draft.
    • Restore | Delete
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Actions

  • Restore
    • Sends the draft back to the submitter’s Old Drafts (not Current Draft) for that process/period.
  • Delete
    • Permanently removes the draft.
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      Tip: Sort or scan by Progress (column) to quickly spot high-effort drafts (e.g., 80–90%) you may want to restore.

Notes & edge cases

  • Only unsubmitted work shows here; submitted checklists never appear.
  • Restoring does not reopen the period; it merely returns the draft to the user’s Old Drafts list.
  • Use Discarded By to diagnose why a draft expired:
    • - → cut-off time passed.
    • Name → user removed it by mistake (or intentionally).
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